Echinochloa polystachya(ECHPO)
Overview Code created in: 2004-04-20
- EPPO Code: ECHPO
- Preferred name: Echinochloa polystachya
- Authority: (Kunth) Hitchcock
Native to Southern USA, Caribbean, Mexico to Argentina. Cultivated as a forage grass, and introduced for that purpose into tropical Africa and Asia.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Echinochloa polystachya var. polystachya | (Kunth) Hitchcock |
| Echinochloa spectabilis | (Nees ex Trinius) Link |
| Oplismenus polystachyus | Kunth |
| Panicum spectabile | Nees ex Trinius |
| Pseudechinolaena polystachya | (Kunth) Stapf |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| creeping rivergrass | English |
| German grass | English |
| Angolagras | German |
| aleman grass | Spanish |
| hierba de corzo | Spanish (CU) |
| pasto alemán | Spanish (CU) |
| pelillo | Spanish |
| canarana | Portuguese (BR) |
| canarana-pilosa | Portuguese (BR) |
| capim-da-praia | Portuguese (BR) |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Poales (
1POAO )
Family
Poaceae (
1GRAF )
Subfamily
Panicoideae (
1PANS )
Genus
Echinochloa (
1ECHG )